1816 Ohio's 1st congressional district special election

In April, 1816, John McLean (DR) of Ohio's 1st district resigned. A special election was called to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes[1]	Percent
William Henry Harrison[2]	Democratic-Republican	3,370	58.6%
Thomas R. Ross	Democratic-Republican	1,783	31.0%
William C. Schenck	Federalist	351	6.1%
William Corry	Federalist	112	1.9%
Matthias Ross	Democratic-Republican	91	1.6%
Ethan A. Brown	Democratic-Republican	40	0.7%

Harrison took his seat on December 2, 1816^[3]

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

References

1. "Ohio 1816 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1, Special". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
2. Previously served as delegate from the Northwest Territory, later served as President
3. "FOURTEENTH CONGRESS" (PDF). artandhistory.house.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2024. Footnote 49: "Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John McLean, and took his seat December 2, 1816."